Vintage Roseville 1945 Green Two Tone Freesia Vase

Pricing & History
  • Sold for
    Start Free Trial or Sign In to see what it's worth.
  • Sold Date
  • Source

    Online Marketplace

Circa: 1945 Condition: Used Color: Green Country of Origin: United States Manufacturer: Roseville PotteryWe proudly offer this nice piece of Roseville Pottery. This particular offering is a beautiful original Roseville Pottery Green Freesia dual handled ovoid vase, with the unique to green base cream & lavender combination blossoms.The Vase is in excellent condition with fantastic depth of colors as well as an exceptionally crisp mold.Freesia is a late period pattern introduced by Roseville Pottery in 1945, with standard colors including blue, brown, and green. Freesia was marked with the raised Roseville USA script mark, shape number, and size. Although Roseville advertised that there were 48 Freesia shapes, the factory stock pages show only 47 distinct forms.The Roseville Pottery Company was founded in 1890. Roseville initially produced simple utilitarian ware such as flower pots, stoneware, umbrella stands, cuspidors, and limited painted ware. In 1900, Roseville Rozane became the first high quality art pottery high gloss glazed line produced by Roseville . In 1904, Frederick Rhead became art director for Roseville pottery. Rhead was responsible for the production of scarce art pottery lines such as Fudji, Crystalis, Della Robbia, and Aztec. In the early teens as demand for the more expensive, hand-crafted art pottery declined read more